Through games of Nov. 8, 2025:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | North Central (Ill.) (25) | 9-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union | 9-0 | 590 | 2 |
| 3 | Johns Hopkins | 9-0 | 577 | 3 |
| 4 | UW-River Falls | 8-1 | 532 | 8 |
| 5 | Bethel | 9-0 | 526 | 4 |
| 6 | Wartburg | 9-0 | 511 | 6 |
| 7 | Christopher Newport | 9-0 | 444 | 13 |
| 8 | St. John's | 8-1 | 433 | 10 |
| 9 | John Carroll | 8-1 | 410 | 11 |
| 10 | UW-Platteville | 7-2 | 371 | 12 |
| 11 | Salisbury | 8-1 | 360 | 7 |
| 12 | UW-Whitewater | 7-2 | 323 | 14 |
| 13 | Hardin-Simmons | 8-1 | 320 | 5 |
| 14 | UW-La Crosse | 6-2 | 301 | 9 |
| 15 | DePauw | 8-1 | 259 | 15 |
| 16 | Hope | 8-1 | 234 | 16 |
| 17 | Berry | 8-1 | 226 | 17 |
| 18 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 7-2 | 214 | 18 |
| 19 | Central | 8-1 | 196 | 19 |
| 20 | Cortland | 8-1 | 175 | 20 |
| 21 | Randolph-Macon | 8-1 | 153 | 21 |
| 22 | Trinity (Texas) | 8-1 | 74 | 23 |
| 23 | Susquehanna | 7-2 | 68 | 24 |
| 24 | Wabash | 8-1 | 43 | 25 |
| 25 | Franklin and Marshall | 8-1 | 27 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 22 Baldwin Wallace.
Others receiving votes: Alma 25; Adrian 22; Mary Hardin-Baylor 16; Washington & Jefferson 14; Monmouth 13; Chapman 9; Endicott 8; Baldwin Wallace 7; Whitworth 5; Eastern 4; Hanover 4; Rowan 3; Coe 2; UW-Oshkosh 1.
The D3football.com Top 25 is voted on by a panel of 25 coaches, Sports Information Directors and media members from across the country, and is published weekly. Points are awarded on a 25-24-23-22-etc. basis.